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on balance, i think the new team thinks more like the president thinks, when it comes to foreign po policy. this is going to be a team that might not push back as much with regard to cuts or withdrawals or smaller footprints. so i think there may be differences in policy, but in terms of the worth of man for handling the job, they received there, not at all. >> since you went there, let me just switch where i was going and ask you about the smaller footprint. because we do have coming up, the withdrawal of u.s. combat troops from afghanistan, at the end of the year, and we are seeing republicans already going no, i think we had lindsay graham on, we talked about up to 20,000. it's too important not to leave a substantial footprint there. and yet i think the general is right, that we now have a team that seems to be more in sync with president obama and they want a very small footprint, you talked in your book. are they ready for a u.s. troop withdrawal when the time comes. >> i certainly wouldn't try to sell senior officers exactly how many people are required. but i think we have offered
on balance, i think the new team thinks more like the president thinks, when it comes to foreign po policy. this is going to be a team that might not push back as much with regard to cuts or withdrawals or smaller footprints. so i think there may be differences in policy, but in terms of the worth of man for handling the job, they received there, not at all. >> since you went there, let me just switch where i was going and ask you about the smaller footprint. because we do have coming up,...
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on balance, i think the new team thinks more like the president thinks when it comes to foreign policy this will be a team that might not push back as much with regard to cuts or withdrawals or smaller footprints or reluctant moves with new eras. in terms of the worth of the man for him and the job they receive there, not at all. >> since you went there, let me sort of switch where i was going and ask you about the smaller footprint. we having coming up the withdrawal of u.s. combat troops from afghanistan at the end of the year, and we are seeing republicans already going, no, i think we need -- lindsay graham on, talked about up to 20,000. it's too important not to leave a substantial footprint there, and yet i think that the general is right that we now have a team that seems to be more in sync with president obama and they want a very small footprint. you talked in your book about training the afghan security forces, are they ready for a total withdrawal of u.s. troops when the time comes? >> i think they are not ready for lack of a strategic partnership in america. i wouldn't try
on balance, i think the new team thinks more like the president thinks when it comes to foreign policy this will be a team that might not push back as much with regard to cuts or withdrawals or smaller footprints or reluctant moves with new eras. in terms of the worth of the man for him and the job they receive there, not at all. >> since you went there, let me sort of switch where i was going and ask you about the smaller footprint. we having coming up the withdrawal of u.s. combat...
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many of us who work in foreign policy are drawn in. in the old days, this is not as embraced as it is now. for those of us who didn't study history, a lot of us remember that all of these inconsequential and rather uninteresting country is, whether it was czechoslovakia of the time or the molly of the time, they were the precursors to larger battles that could have been dealt with had they been dealt with early. i wonder thinking through that where we see things going and underscored the throat open and see who grabs at first. >> okay. well, let's just compare senator kerry and senator hagel to senator hillary clinton and bob gates. by that standard, both of the nominees -- they are not independent thinkers and they have no track record either legislating in the intellectual sense or advancing important ideas or on international politics. but the underlying cause is the president's lack of interest in these issues. >> yes, i have another part of this discussion. the republican party is now focused on trying to be responsible about what
many of us who work in foreign policy are drawn in. in the old days, this is not as embraced as it is now. for those of us who didn't study history, a lot of us remember that all of these inconsequential and rather uninteresting country is, whether it was czechoslovakia of the time or the molly of the time, they were the precursors to larger battles that could have been dealt with had they been dealt with early. i wonder thinking through that where we see things going and underscored the throat...
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. >> i think his position puts him on the fringes of foreign policy and not in the mainstream. >> of the many questions he begins with one -- ishes he ready? >> i will be. thank you. >> hallie jackson, wbal-tv 11 news. >> from the selling ice to ask about department comes this -- perfume for babies. it is a blend of honey and that will sellts for $45. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. would you consider buying a perfume specifically for your baby? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. a brand is relying on twitter to wow you turn the super bowl. jane king has the bloomberg business report. >> good morning. we get the weekly jobless claims ahead of the opening bell. stop futures disporting are quiet. -- stock futres this morning are quiet. the full transition could be completed within two years. research in motion is changing its name to blackberry. the company failed to -- and may have set the price too high. it will cost -- [no audio] >> now weather and traffic together on the 1's. >> th
. >> i think his position puts him on the fringes of foreign policy and not in the mainstream. >> of the many questions he begins with one -- ishes he ready? >> i will be. thank you. >> hallie jackson, wbal-tv 11 news. >> from the selling ice to ask about department comes this -- perfume for babies. it is a blend of honey and that will sellts for $45. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. would you consider buying a perfume specifically for your...
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i thought important the part about foreign policy. we've had situations in the past where we had wars with countries and then ended up being their friends. why don't we start being friends. to me, it was all about iran. there is only other country we're thinking about going to war, with it's iran. why fighting the people of iran? why kill a bunch of people iran because we don't like their nuclear program? he wants to avoid that. robin wright says if we don't take advantage of the weapon between now and when they weaponize, we will never have peace with iran it will be endless war with that enormously important country which could shake every part of our world. >> the favorite line? >> the courage to resolve differences with other nations peacefully, not because we are naive about the dangers we face, because engagement can more endurably lift fear. peace has durability. if you go to war, you go to war again. iraq one leads to iraq two. you keep going back and back and back. get caught in the quick sand. and he says i'm not going too d
i thought important the part about foreign policy. we've had situations in the past where we had wars with countries and then ended up being their friends. why don't we start being friends. to me, it was all about iran. there is only other country we're thinking about going to war, with it's iran. why fighting the people of iran? why kill a bunch of people iran because we don't like their nuclear program? he wants to avoid that. robin wright says if we don't take advantage of the weapon between...
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mccain's psychodrama is face naturing, but it's not really about foreign he policy or defense policy. >> the mccain psychodrama extends to other members. the psychodrama extendstory members of the senate foreign relations committee. lindsey graham. this is lindsey graham yesterday on fox talking about -- let's just play the sound. >> the one thing i'm not going to do is vote on a new secretary of defense until the old secretary of defense, leann panetta, who i like very much, testifies about what happened in benghazi. i haven't forgotten about benghazi. hillary clinton got away with murder. >> there you go. hillary clinton got away with murder, and we are going to hold chuck hagel effect tily his nomination hostage until we get our clearance. >> the thing is, as i think you'll see -- as the hagel hearings go on, as you saw in the lindsey graham line, there is an attempt to manufacture more divisiveness within the congress as regards though national security policy. with regard to other realms where there are disagreements in washington, i think we haven't seen a consensus really like
mccain's psychodrama is face naturing, but it's not really about foreign he policy or defense policy. >> the mccain psychodrama extends to other members. the psychodrama extendstory members of the senate foreign relations committee. lindsey graham. this is lindsey graham yesterday on fox talking about -- let's just play the sound. >> the one thing i'm not going to do is vote on a new secretary of defense until the old secretary of defense, leann panetta, who i like very much,...
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policy experience expression when it came to the drawdown of troops from iraq. but dennis has played a key role in every major national security decision of my presidency from ending the war in iraq to winding down the war in afghanistan from our response to natural disasters around the world like haiti in the tsunami in japan to the repeal of don't ask don't tell countless crises in between day and night what president obama failed to address in that speech was the instrumental role that mcdonough played in crafting legislation to authorize the use of force in iraq that's back when he was the top foreign policy aide to then senate majority leader tom daschle all the legislation mcdonough and others crafted essentially pave the way for war in iraq what's more mcdonough personally called white house staffers including jason view on the night of the september eleventh terror attacks in order to ask how the senate could help the white house deal with this tragedy and response a process that led to the authorization of the use of force against terrorists which essen
policy experience expression when it came to the drawdown of troops from iraq. but dennis has played a key role in every major national security decision of my presidency from ending the war in iraq to winding down the war in afghanistan from our response to natural disasters around the world like haiti in the tsunami in japan to the repeal of don't ask don't tell countless crises in between day and night what president obama failed to address in that speech was the instrumental role that...
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you can watch this week's press pass conversation with vice president and director for foreign policy at the brookings institute, martin indyk, on some of the big bets president obama is making during his second term in foreign policy. >>> good monday morning for you on first look. coming up, democrats insist on a single bill and republicans insist they better change or risk further election. >>> a wave of unrest leaves more than 50 dead and a state of emergency in egypt over islamist policy. >>> ice storms and snow headed to the mideast. a possible breakthrough to help migraine sufferers. and the president obama on hillary clinton and the outlook for 2016. >> you guys in the press are incorrigible. i was literally inaugurated four days ago. and you're talking about elections four years from now. >>> it's nice to see you. i'm veronica de la cruz. this week, president obama puts immigration reform front and center on his agenda. on tuesday he will outline his overhaul in a major speech in las vegas, and even a bipartisan group of senators is on board to reform the system that impacts 1
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. >> were you correct or incorrect when you said that th surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country sincecorrect or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to -- >> are you going to answer the question? the questions, were you right or wrong? that is a pretty sime question. i would like for you to answer right or wrong, then you are free to elaborate. >> i am nott going to give you a yes or no answer -- >> b the record show that you refuse to answer the question. >> he finally gave the answer he wanted to give. >> i saw the consequences and suffering and horror of war, so i did question a surge. is this going to be worth the sacrifice? we lost almost 1200 american during that surge. was it reqred, was it necessary? >> how much of that exchange was political, how much wawas personal, and how much risk related to the defense policy? >> 92, 11, 13. a lot of it was personal. one could not watched those hearings without feeling there were a lot of personal grudges and even vendettas being settled. >> senator cornyn of texas says he cannot support a nominee foror def
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policy means to me is anytime i see a bipartisan consensus in foreign policy i run head long in the opposite direction. there was an authorization against use of force and there was one men that voted against it and that's what precipitated the next step. there was this moment in the hearing -- i have to show this moment in the hearing where it was out of a movie where he had said something wrong and was handed a card to correct himself. i want to play that when we get back. twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligations. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. living with moderate to semeans living with pain.is it could also mean living
policy means to me is anytime i see a bipartisan consensus in foreign policy i run head long in the opposite direction. there was an authorization against use of force and there was one men that voted against it and that's what precipitated the next step. there was this moment in the hearing -- i have to show this moment in the hearing where it was out of a movie where he had said something wrong and was handed a card to correct himself. i want to play that when we get back. twins. i didn't see...
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today, the focus is on the foreign policy team. tahman bradley is watching the ever-changing lineup and joins us from washington with more. hi, tahman. >> reporter: hey, rob and sunny. clinton is out, kerry is in. and chuck hagel, a republican, who you would think would be a bipartisan pick is under furnd. john kerry takes over today. will hillary clinton run for president. >> i don't know how else to say it but i'm going get back into my life again. this is going to be new for me. i don't know how i'm going to react to it, to be honest. >> reporter: senator kerry takes over. president obama's choice to run the pentagon is a different story. former senator chuck hagel, a vietnam veteran, took heavy fire from his own party. >> were you correct or incorrect when you said the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in the country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? >> i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer on a lot of things. >> you refuse to answer that question. >> reporter: he was hammered by gop se
today, the focus is on the foreign policy team. tahman bradley is watching the ever-changing lineup and joins us from washington with more. hi, tahman. >> reporter: hey, rob and sunny. clinton is out, kerry is in. and chuck hagel, a republican, who you would think would be a bipartisan pick is under furnd. john kerry takes over today. will hillary clinton run for president. >> i don't know how else to say it but i'm going get back into my life again. this is going to be new for me....
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bush's foreign policy and his father's foreign policy. rana noted the whole policy to iran is premised on building broad alliances, in not being unilateral. well, that approach was the first president bush's foreign policy, and, in many ways, barack obama is the heir to the first president bush's foreign policy. and i think chuck hagel is close to that which is why he's gotten support from some of the first president bush's closest foreign policy advisers. >> i completely agree. that's just the right way to frame it. there's a lot of overlap between the first president bush and hagel. he's a pragmatist but he's tough. he's not on one end of the spectrum. he's willing to talk. and you have to talk. it's a big world out there and the u.s. is not the only power anymore. >> let's talk about some of the other possible nash points here in that written questionnaire he said he is supportive of women in the military. james inhofe is not. >> yeah, well, that's one of those questions he's going to have to answer a. i know there's been issues in the
bush's foreign policy and his father's foreign policy. rana noted the whole policy to iran is premised on building broad alliances, in not being unilateral. well, that approach was the first president bush's foreign policy, and, in many ways, barack obama is the heir to the first president bush's foreign policy. and i think chuck hagel is close to that which is why he's gotten support from some of the first president bush's closest foreign policy advisers. >> i completely agree. that's...
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were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to the surge being dangerous -- >> will you answer the question, senator hagel? the question is were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straightforward question. i would like to you answer whether you were right or wrong and then you're free to elaborate. >> well, i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer. >> well, let the record show that you refused to answer that question. please go ahead. >> well, if you would like me to explain why -- >> no, i actually would like an answer, yes or no. >> well, i'm not going to give you a yes or no. i think it's far more complicated than that. as i said, my answer is, i'll defer that judgment to history. as to the comment i made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision since vietnam, was about not just the surge, but the overall war of choice going into iraq. that particular decision that was made on the surge, put more to the point, our wa
were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to the surge being dangerous -- >> will you answer the question, senator hagel? the question is were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straightforward question. i would like to you answer whether you were right or wrong and then you're free to elaborate. >> well, i'm not going to...
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things are still still rising and the country still has this picture this picture in a capitulation is foreign policy so these were the main factors that led to the unrest of two years ago and i'm afraid no that they're they're not improving these things are getting worse and why are we seeing unrest continuing well that unrest that rotten came just a day after opposition leaders signed an agreement to promote peace what why they failed in their efforts. well a few hand shakes in the in some government buildings are not going to change the reality for millions of or desperate people unemployed people poor people like i say the muslim brotherhood morsi regime has made things more difficult for egyptians working class it is interesting the very first act after he claimed emergency powers by himself last november the very first act was to try to cripple the independence of the trade union movement by appointing himself the power to to to appoint their leaders so this really this attack on the working class resistance has been growing in egypt over the last few years and and morsi is now spearhead
things are still still rising and the country still has this picture this picture in a capitulation is foreign policy so these were the main factors that led to the unrest of two years ago and i'm afraid no that they're they're not improving these things are getting worse and why are we seeing unrest continuing well that unrest that rotten came just a day after opposition leaders signed an agreement to promote peace what why they failed in their efforts. well a few hand shakes in the in some...
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fine except for that it utterly opposite to the president's policy and foreign policy agenda. either she doesn't believe that and was saying it for her further political prospects or has been utterly rolled by this president and does not have a lot of influence with his administration. >> chris: benghazi, what difference does it make which was the big line that came out. does that stay with her or foregotten? >> certainly stays with her but four years from now it will be placed in a broader context i think. i think the sound bite will always be with her. she wanted to o be emotional and i think she was effective in the hearings. think of all of the sound bites out there from hillary clinton. that is one of many. and four years from now, you know, who knows. >> chris: what is wrong with us that we are already talking about 2016? thank you, panel. see you next week. check out panel plus where our group picks right up with the discussion on our website fox newssunday .com. we will post the video before noon eastern time. follow us is on twitter @ fox news sunday. up next, our pow
fine except for that it utterly opposite to the president's policy and foreign policy agenda. either she doesn't believe that and was saying it for her further political prospects or has been utterly rolled by this president and does not have a lot of influence with his administration. >> chris: benghazi, what difference does it make which was the big line that came out. does that stay with her or foregotten? >> certainly stays with her but four years from now it will be placed in a...
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. >> were you correct or incorrect when you said the surge would be the biggest foreign policy blunder since vietnam? >> are you going to answer the question? >> the question is where you're right or wrong? >> your free to elaborate. >> i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer. >> records will show that you refuse to answer that question. >> confirmation hearings got under way. if he is confirmed he will replace leon panetta. >>democrats believe he is someone the president can trust. they argue his war experience as an enlisted man is a major plus at the pentagon. >> students from sandy hook elementary school will perform at the super bowl. more than two dozen students are heading to new orleans. the children are survivors from the shooting rampage. paris casualties in america the beautiful. they're going to sing america the beautiful. >> how they are planning to help underwater home owners. >> more help may be on the way for underwater homeowners. sources saying that members of congress are getting ready to introduce bills that will expand government refinance programs. the treasu
. >> were you correct or incorrect when you said the surge would be the biggest foreign policy blunder since vietnam? >> are you going to answer the question? >> the question is where you're right or wrong? >> your free to elaborate. >> i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer. >> records will show that you refuse to answer that question. >> confirmation hearings got under way. if he is confirmed he will replace leon panetta. >>democrats...
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what do we say, aside from the foreign policy being paid by the president, what was the foreign policy she was responsible for. she did a lot of traveling. and she did a lot of talking to people. but what was her initiative? and i confess i have trouble, there was some emphasis on women, some other things like that but as far as a big shift in american foreign policy, that was hillary clinton's idea, she pushed it through, she executed this policy,t's tough to distinguish anything she did individually from what the president wants. >> do you have an answer to that? >> i don't. i mean i think it's a legitimate question. i am not sure what the great view of the world is. i mean it's been one of putting out iraq and afghanistan and putting those behind us and ending ten years of war. but beyond that, i mean, and dealing obviously on a day-to-day basis with all of the problems that the world puts in front of you, which they continue to do and will in the next four years as well, even more so. but i don't, i'm not sure that there was ever sort of a kissinger overarching theory, a strategy,
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foreign policy of the obama presidency. >> yeah. you know, ed -- >> and andrea. >> i want to get to andrea in one second. you look at the pictures of barack obama, first african-american president, still, you know, if you had said ten years ago, it would still be shocking. you have hillary clinton sitting next to him. odds-on favorite to be the first female president. you look at those two figures, you look at their approval ratings, barack obama, building the '70s, hillary's approval rating up in the 60s. and then you look at where i was this weekend, "the national review" had a great weekend where they were talking about the future of conservatism. i say it was because it was so constructive. but i'll tell what you, if the economy keeps getting better over the next three years, you've got hillary linton rclin running three years from now, we republicans have such a major headwind in our face for the next three years. it's going to be tough. >> yeah, there's no question. but there's so many variables. >> go ahead. >> no, so many va
foreign policy of the obama presidency. >> yeah. you know, ed -- >> and andrea. >> i want to get to andrea in one second. you look at the pictures of barack obama, first african-american president, still, you know, if you had said ten years ago, it would still be shocking. you have hillary clinton sitting next to him. odds-on favorite to be the first female president. you look at those two figures, you look at their approval ratings, barack obama, building the '70s, hillary's...
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the two discussed their past rivalry, their current working relationship and american foreign policy. it was a public sign of solidarity between the two former rivals. yet that proved to be too much for the folks over at fox news. the "fox & friends" trio complained about the lack of real news, and attacked crawford for not digging deeper into clinton's health issues. >> the interview was awkward. they were giddy saying goodbye. and right at the top, steve kroft said they only gave us 30 minutes, which of course means there is not going to be any real news. and there wasn't. >> but if you give somebody 30 minutes, you could get real into it, especially steve kroft, who is usually awesome. but i think for some reason they didn't dig into anything at all. >> 30 minutes? come on. >> i would like to know, did she pass out and hit her head? was she pushed? how did she hit her head and get a concussion? >> and the whining didn't stop there. the network that served as the bush administration's head cheerleader is now taking issue with the questions asked of president obama and secretary clin
the two discussed their past rivalry, their current working relationship and american foreign policy. it was a public sign of solidarity between the two former rivals. yet that proved to be too much for the folks over at fox news. the "fox & friends" trio complained about the lack of real news, and attacked crawford for not digging deeper into clinton's health issues. >> the interview was awkward. they were giddy saying goodbye. and right at the top, steve kroft said they...
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for anyone who is -- pays attention to american foreign policy and military affairs, you know that ever since the attacks on this country on 9/11, the united states has had to evolve militarily in our intelligence community in many ways to meet the challenge of this new enemy. and more than anyone that i think of general mcchrystal has been responsible for shaping that evolution and developing what i call the targeting engine with which is what i think we have adopted as the method defending the country. thank you for being here, it's great to see you. >> thank you, mark thank you for the too kind introduction. >> i know that, you know, our -- you are the commander of special operations in iraq and afghanistan, and there has been a rapid evolution. i'm familiar from writing "black hawk down "with the way thing were in the early '90s. can you give us an idea of the overall strategy and we'll get to specifics, maybe but also the tactics you have developed? >> not me. a group of people did. thanks. take a you back a little bit. at end of the vietnam war as america has done at the end of ot
for anyone who is -- pays attention to american foreign policy and military affairs, you know that ever since the attacks on this country on 9/11, the united states has had to evolve militarily in our intelligence community in many ways to meet the challenge of this new enemy. and more than anyone that i think of general mcchrystal has been responsible for shaping that evolution and developing what i call the targeting engine with which is what i think we have adopted as the method defending...
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foreign policy is. u.s. foreign policy for the last four years has been shamed around wars. it's been shamed around military responses to the foreign policy challenges around the world, starting with the iraq war. we now have the state department being in charge of the 15,000 or so armed contractors, if we want to be polite, mercenaries if we want to be a little more accurate, that are in iraq at the behest of the united states because the agreement between the u.s. and iraq made them withdraw all the soldiers and all the pentagon paid contractors. they were replaced by hillary clinton's guys. we don't hear that. that's not under hillary clinton's actual jurisdiction. it technically is, but in the real world that's not what she's responsible for. the key parts of foreign policy now are afghanistan, israel/palestine. none of these are places where hillary clinton can say that's what i did. >> josh. >> large contractor footprint in iraq, no question about that, but not entirely accurate to say replaced. it's not a one for one replacement. >> we had 100,000 before under the pen
foreign policy is. u.s. foreign policy for the last four years has been shamed around wars. it's been shamed around military responses to the foreign policy challenges around the world, starting with the iraq war. we now have the state department being in charge of the 15,000 or so armed contractors, if we want to be polite, mercenaries if we want to be a little more accurate, that are in iraq at the behest of the united states because the agreement between the u.s. and iraq made them withdraw...
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group lawrence freeman from the executive intelligence review magazine he believes the foreign policies of both countries is drawing anger from the radicals it's obvious right now that there's a whole escalation. tire legion going from my own north. into little east and president. obama administration. in these areas has obviously inflame. the insurgents to the point that they are now targeting these western powers however the united states and the british and the fragile are so supporting tens of thousands of jihadi treatments in syria and in other parts of the region so you have well armed well clearly trained terrorists on the border region with turkey and syria probably now inside turkey so i think this is very bad news is obviously great opposition inside turkey and i think the the president other prime minister is behaving foolish to are actually have this close working relationship with the west and he's actually undermining his own country and his own security at a jerusalem football team whose fans are now in for chanting racist. anti arab slogans has signed to muslims for the
group lawrence freeman from the executive intelligence review magazine he believes the foreign policies of both countries is drawing anger from the radicals it's obvious right now that there's a whole escalation. tire legion going from my own north. into little east and president. obama administration. in these areas has obviously inflame. the insurgents to the point that they are now targeting these western powers however the united states and the british and the fragile are so supporting tens...
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policies of both countries are drawing anger from radicals it's obvious right now that there's a whole escalation. tire legion going from north. to literally and president. obama administration. british police there is has obviously inflamed. the insurgents to the point that they are now targeting these western powers however the united states and the british and the french are also supporting tens of thousands of jihadi treatments in syria and in other parts of the region so you have welcomed where trained terrorists on the border region with turkey and syria probably now inside turkey so i think this is very bad news is obviously great opposition inside turkey and i think the the president other prime minister is behaving foolish to actually have this close working relationship with the west and he's actually undermining his own country and his own security. well at a recent football team whose fans are rather well known for chanting racist anti arab slogans has now signed to muslims for the first time a supporters are openly disappointed at the move which some say is like a welcomin
policies of both countries are drawing anger from radicals it's obvious right now that there's a whole escalation. tire legion going from north. to literally and president. obama administration. british police there is has obviously inflamed. the insurgents to the point that they are now targeting these western powers however the united states and the british and the french are also supporting tens of thousands of jihadi treatments in syria and in other parts of the region so you have welcomed...
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policy coming out from the west and from the obama administration and the worst thing we're doing which is impacting the situation in turkey is working without qaeda in turkey for the overthrow in syria or for the overthrow of bashar assad but this is a very very dangerous policy and i believe this is directly connected other much you know evidence yet to what took place in turkey in the last twenty four hours all right lawrence freeman for me is that intelligence for your magazine thanks for i thank you. and more news still to come in a little more than a minute stay with us here on r.t. . here the reindeer is interesting for the herders. and when it suffers. people do their best to help. the distances are. in the rooms or. to the. actual staying with us you're on our team quarter past the hour now it may not be so great to be in britain that's the idea some u.k. in the want to promote the potential european migrants there are politicians losing sleep over the potential influx of workers from some states who are now free to live anywhere in the block parties polly boyko has more. as on
policy coming out from the west and from the obama administration and the worst thing we're doing which is impacting the situation in turkey is working without qaeda in turkey for the overthrow in syria or for the overthrow of bashar assad but this is a very very dangerous policy and i believe this is directly connected other much you know evidence yet to what took place in turkey in the last twenty four hours all right lawrence freeman for me is that intelligence for your magazine thanks for i...
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as to the comment i made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision since vietnam was about not just the surge but the overall war of choice going into iraq. that particular decision that was made on the surge, but more to the point our war in iraq, i think was the most fundamentally bad, dangerous decision since vietnam. aside from the costs that o occurred in this country to blood and treasure, aside what that did to take our focus off of afghanistan, which, in fact, was the original and real focus of the national threat to this country, iraq was not, i always try to frame all the different issues before i made a decision on anything. now just as you said, senator, we can have differences of opinion, but that's essentially why i took the position i did. >> it's a fundamental difference of opinion, senator hagel, and senator graham and i and senator lieberman when there were 59 votes in the united states senate spent our time trying to prevent that 60th. thank god for senator lieberman. i think history has already made a judgment about the surge, sir, and you're on the wrong si
as to the comment i made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision since vietnam was about not just the surge but the overall war of choice going into iraq. that particular decision that was made on the surge, but more to the point our war in iraq, i think was the most fundamentally bad, dangerous decision since vietnam. aside from the costs that o occurred in this country to blood and treasure, aside what that did to take our focus off of afghanistan, which, in fact, was the original...
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foreign policy and its influence on turkish politics a security guard was killed when a bomber detonated his explosives at the mission's entrance friday or as freeman from executive intelligence review explains why he thinks turkey has become a target for radicals it's obvious right now that is the whole escalation. their region going from north africa into little east and president. obama administration. british in these areas has obviously inflamed. the insurgents to the point that they are now targeting these western powers however the united states and the british and the fragile also supporting tens of thousands jihadi treatments in syria and in other parts of the region so you have will welcome here trained terrorists on the border region we would turkey and syria probably now inside turkey so i think this is very bad news is obviously great opposition inside turkey and i think the the president other prime minister he's behaving food wish to actually have this close working relationship with the west and he's actually undermined his own country and his own security. now to some ot
foreign policy and its influence on turkish politics a security guard was killed when a bomber detonated his explosives at the mission's entrance friday or as freeman from executive intelligence review explains why he thinks turkey has become a target for radicals it's obvious right now that is the whole escalation. their region going from north africa into little east and president. obama administration. british in these areas has obviously inflamed. the insurgents to the point that they are...